Posted inTransit
Congestion Tolls Fund Fridges to Replace Diesel-Spewing Units in South Bronx
New equipment at the Hunts Point Produce Market will cut pollution equal to the emissions of 6,000 trucks each day.
Congestion Pricing
Posted inTransit
MTA Wants New Year to Start With Fare Hike to $3
Transit officials on Wednesday proposed a 10-cent bump for single bus and subway rides, as well as increases for tolls and commuter rails, set to kick in on Jan. 4.
Posted inTransit
Federal Judge Says Trump Can’t Retaliate Against Congestion Pricing
Allowing Washington to punish New York for its local transit policy would be a threat to “the rule of law in this country,” said Judge Lewis Liman.
Posted inManhattan, Trump Administration
Tariffs Are Bitter Tea for Manhattan’s Chinatown
Businesses still feeling the impact of COVID and congestion pricing fear that Trump’s trade war could be what finally reduces New York City’s oldest Chinatown into “a ghost town.”
Posted inAccessibility
Access-A-Ride Speeds Up in Congestion Zone
Customers who use MTA’s paratransit services say they have seen an improvement in travel times in Manhattan amid an overall increase in reliability — up from dismal stats four
years ago.
Posted inTransit
Crime Down and Tolls Working, MTA Fires Back After ‘Shithole’ Jab From Trump DOT Chief
One transit authority board member called Sean Duffy’s comments “a real slap in the face” as the MTA tries to get back on track.
Posted inManhattan
Honking Complaints Plunge 69% Inside Congestion Pricing Zone
In the first two months of the Manhattan vehicle tolls that Trump wants to nix, gripes over blasting horns sunk when compared to 2024.
Posted inHealth
What Congestion Pricing and Measles Mean for NYC’s Health
Children and adults who live near high-traffic areas are disproportionately exposed to air pollution, putting them at greater risk for respiratory conditions.
Posted inStreets
Hochul: We Won’t Be ‘Steamrolled’ by Trump on Congestion Pricing
The governor showed up at a Manhattan MTA board meeting to talk tough and promise that New York will fight a federal shutdown of the tolling plan with “orderly resistance.”
Posted inKathy Hochul, Transit, Trump Administration
Congestion Pricing on Track to Fill Transit Funding Gap, MTA Says
In the first 27 days of tolling, nearly 7 in 10 dollars in congestion pricing revenue came from passenger vehicles rather than for-hire cars, trucks or motorcycles.